Today In Wrestling History- June 28th

2007 – Drug Enforcement Agency raided the office of Chris Benoit’s physician Dr. Phil Astin, stemming from prescription medication found in the Benoit family home after the former WWE World champion murdered his wife and son before committing suicide. Computers were confiscated from Astin’s office. The day before, Astin commented to the media that he had seen Benoit the day of the killings where he showed no sign of rage or distress. He noted he had been treating Benoit for a lack of testosterone, which can be a side effect of steroid use. Benoit passed his most recent WWE Wellness policy test this past April. Steroids were found in his home, but were prescribed by Astin. Under the guidelines of the WWE’s policy at the time, steroids are allowable by WWE as long as there is legitimate medical reason for a performer to be using them. The raid would end up being the beginning of a case against Astin for illegally prescribing medication to a number of patients, resulting in Astin being sent to prison

Events

In 1998, WWF King of the Ring was held at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. With an attendance of 17,087. The event is famed for 1 of it’s main event matches which saw Mankind thrown from the top of the Hell In A Cell through the announce table & later Chokeslammed through the top of cell:

– The Headbangers (Mosh & Thrasher), & Taka Michinoku defeated Kaientai (Dick Togo, Funaki, & Men’s Teioh) in a 6-man tag team match
– Ken Shamrock defeated Jeff Jarrett (with Tennessee Lee) in a King of the Ring Tournament Semi-Final Match
– The Rock defeated Dan Severn in a King of the Ring Tournament Semi-Final Match
– Too Much (Scott Taylor & Brian Christopher) defeated Al Snow & Head in a tag team match. With Jerry Lawler as the special guest referee
– X-Pac (with Chyna) defeated Owen Hart
– The New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn & Road Dogg) (with Chyna) defeated The New Midnight Express (Bombastic Bob & Bodacious Bart) (with Jim Cornette) to retain the WWF Tag Team Titles
– Ken Shamrock defeated The Rock in the Finals to win the King of the Ring Tournament
– The Undertaker defeated Mankind in a Hell In A Cell Match
– Kane (with Paul Bearer) defeated Steve Austin in a First Blood Match to win the WWF Title. If Kane had lost, he would have had to set himself on fire

In 2009, WWE’s The Bash was held at ARCO Arena, in Sacramento, California. With an attendance of 11,946. It was the 20th & final PPV in the Great American Bash series, which dates back to 1985 if you include the original NWA events:

Did you Know?

When Shawn Michaels was attacked outside of a Syracuse nightclub by approximately 10 thugs (actually it was by a marine group), Shawn was accompanied by Davey Boy Smith and X-Pac. They beat up Shawn while the others held Davey Boy and X-Pac back.